Background: Computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and adrenal
vein sampling (AVS) are used to distinguish unilateral from bilateral increased aldosterone …

Adrenal vein sampling has a reputation as a difficult procedure. However, it is being
performed more frequently at some institutions due to the realization that primary …

Abstract Hypertension Canada's Canadian Hypertension Education Program Guidelines
Task Force provides annually updated, evidence-based recommendations to guide the …

Recent reports suggesting that the prevalence of primary hyperaldosteronism may be higher
than historically thought have relied on an elevated plasma aldosterone …

Background Wide testing of the aldosterone: renin ratio among hypertensive individuals has
revealed primary aldosteronism to be common, with most patients normokalaemic. Some …

Once considered rare, primary aldosteronism (PAL) is now regarded as the commonest
potentially curable and specifically treatable form of hypertension. At Greenslopes Hospital …

Primary aldosteronism (PAL) is characterised by aldosterone production which is excessive
to the body's requirements and relatively autonomous of its normal chronic regulator …

Background: A rise in adrenal incidentalomas (AIs) detection has been observed recently.
Even though AIs are detected in asymptomatic patients, thorough assessment may reveal …

Recently, Calvo et al.[1] reported the results of a clinical trial that evaluated the blood
pressure-lowering effects of telmisartan (80 mg) versus valsartan (160 mg) following 48-h …

In 1953 an American endocrinologist by the name of Jerome W. Conn 1 described a young
female patient who presented with a syndrome of intermittent muscle spasms, weakness …